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Dawning on America: Part 5

PLUS a special bonus feature in honor of Pope John Paul II's 25th anniversary on the job

But first, today's photo: Morning Moon

When the moon is full (as it was last week) and the sky is relatively clear, the setting moon can usually be found just opposite the rising sun.

And now on to our bonus feature:

The Papal Zenith: A True Story

On August 26, 1978, I happened to be shopping with my mom and my son and my daughter in the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Xenia, Ohio. Way back in the corner was what was then called a "portable" Zenith color television: it had a handle on top, but it was way too heavy for anybody to lift it by that; it looked something like this. The TV was on, so that prospective buyers could see how well it worked, and instead of the usual Saturday morning cartoons, the image on the screen was breaking news, live, from the Vatican, showing white smoke coming out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel to indicate that a new Pope had been chosen: Pope John Paul I.

Mom bought the TV for us; it cost her $80. (Thanks, Mom. I still owe you for that, and a whole lot more.) We lugged it into our 1966 International Travelall, which looked something like this. It worked for almost exactly a month, and then it just went suddenly dark and silent. We lugged it back into the Travelall and into the nearest town, where, sure enough, there was a TV repair shop. On the way, we heard on the radio that Pope John Paul I had died. We left the TV in the shop, and a few days later we got a call saying it was ready, and it would cost $80. I loaded the kids into their car seats and drove to the shop, bailed out the TV and then drove back home, lugged it back inside, released the kids from their car seats and brought them back inside, and then turned the TV on. There was more white smoke coming out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, which meant that Pope John Paul II had just been elected.

The TV worked just fine for several years after that, until May 13, 1981, when it suddenly went haywire: not completely dark like the previous time, more flashing on and off with lots of interference. By then we were living in more comfortable circumstances, so I turned on our other television to be sure it wasn't a problem with the cable. Breaking news: Pope John Paul II had been shot.

I wasn't in a hurry to get the TV fixed this time, since we didn't use it that much anyway, but eventually we asked a neighbor who did that kind of work if he'd take a look at it. He did, but took his time. This time it only cost $25. We lugged the thing home, plugged it back in, turned it on, and this time the breaking news was that the Pope was leaving the hospital.

I had planned on keeping that TV, just so I could see if its fate really was connected to the Pope's. But after awhile it just didn't seem worth lugging around or paying to store, and besides, when you hooked up a VCR to it, the image was slanted at the top. So in 1992 when I moved to Europe, I donated it to a different Salvation Army thrift store. Maybe somebody else's mom bought it for them for $80. Maybe, like him, it's still working even now, even if it does go on the fritz now and then. I wish I knew. I wish I could explain it. Can you?

posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @5:26 PM

17.10.03